Hello to my fellow creators! It has been a difficult week for me. I am so glad you have stopped by to take a look at what I created this week. I have been very busy trying to meet my goals this month, all while trying to recover from this horrible virus. I have only been able to craft for a few minutes at a time, so meeting my goals has been a challenge, but I have done it. I’m kind of a type A personality, so when I set a goal for myself, I do my best to meet that goal.

In this week’s video I decided to play with ink blending and silhouette stamping. I started by doing some ink blending on white card stock (Recollections). I used Distress Oxide Inks (Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, and Abandoned Coral) and blended them using my blending brushes. While I set my panel aside to dry, I die cut the main sentiment “Believe” (Simon Says Stamp). I die cut it three times to layer the sentiment and give it more stability and depth. I then put my ink blended panel in my Misti and stamped the image from the “Meadow Life” stamp (Creative Expressions). Once the image was stamped, I added the ink blended panel to a black mat. I then added the die cut sentiment to the panel. I thought the sentiment could use a little sparkle so I used Onyx Black Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen on the sentiment. I then added the secondary sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp “together” stamp set. With the panel complete, I added it to a card base and added the card to my stash. I really enjoyed making these cards and hope you enjoyed watching my process.

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Hello to my fellow creators! It has been a difficult week for me. I have been trying to recover from this horrid virus and it has not been easy. I did manage to record this video though. I am still trying to smash my stash of 6×6 paper so I pulled out some Honey Bee papers and made these cards to add to my stash of cards. I used some cardboard stickers I had in my stash as well and they coordinated with the colors of the papers quite well. I hope you enjoy this quick video of me using up another paper pad.

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This week I chose to make a few sympathy cards to add to my stash. It is never easy to create a sympathy card on demand so I thought I should make a few to have handy. Sure enough, the day after I made these cards, I needed to use one. I used some 6×6 paper from my stash. This is helping me to use up my stash of 6×6 papers. I cut out some scallop circles and plain circles using my Brother Scan ‘N Cut. This made cutting circles quick and easy. For the sentiments, I used the Simon Says Stamp”Sympathy Greetings Mix” and stamped the sentiments using Versafine Claire ink. I need to learn to be more patient in letting the ink dry because I smeared a couple of the sentiments.

I used all of the paper and varying sentiments to make a total of 11 cards. I hope you enjoy the video.

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I am continuing to use supplies from my stash. This week, I pulled out some stencils that I purchased from Amazon that were still in their original packages, just waiting to be used. I used some Canson Watercolor paper and did some ink blending using Distress Oxide inks from my stash (Aged Mahogany, Festive Berries, Worn Lipstick). After I did my ink blending, I sprayed some water on the stencil and laid it on the ink blended panel. I pressed the stencil onto the paper with a cloth and then removed the stencil and picked up any excess water with the dry cloth. This left a nice watermark effect on the panel. From there, I decided to add some water droplets using some Perfect Pearls mixed with water. I also added some white splatter using Simon Says Stamp White Pigment ink. Now to add something to this panel to make a card. I cut out a heart from some black Recollections card stock using a Simon Says Stamp nesting heart die. I then heat embossed a sentiment using SSS embossing ink and Recollections Snow embossing powder. The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Love Always stamp set. I then adhered the die cut heart to my card panel using some foam tape from the Dollar Tree. I then pulled in a preprinted sentiment by Simon Says Stamp and added it to the card panel as well. I mounted the panel onto a black mat and then added it to my pre-cut and pre-folded card base. I made two versions of the same card; one with sequins and one without. Which one do you like better? I really enjoyed the watermark effect that I got by using a stencil. I think I may do more like this, with different stencils, since I have over 100 in my stash.

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Happy New Year and welcome back to my Blog. For my first video of 2021 I made four cards using embossing folders. I was lucky enough to get new embossing folders as a birthday gift from my sister. As I was admiring the folders, she asked me if I knew how to use them and if I had the tool I needed. I had to chuckle when she asked and told her “Of course I do.” I told her that my first video of 2021 would be showing how to use the embossing folders so that is exactly what I did. I used two of the folders she gave me as well as two I had in my stash. I had forgotten how quick and easy it is to make cards using embossing folders. I think I will have to make it a point to make a few cards each month using one of the many embossing folders I have in my stash.

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For today’s video I made a quick card using Simon Says Stamp’s Limited Edition Holiday Card Kit WE BELIEVE, which included some adorable Doodlebug “Night Before Christmas” stickers and paper. I also used the polka dot stencil and two SSS inks that were included in the kit. I happened to purchase the Doodlebug Night Before Christmas “Odds and Ends” and “Chit Chat” so I used them to make this quick and easy card.

This will be my final video for 2020 as I will be taking the next two weeks off to enjoy my family, my anniversary, my birthday, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.

More videos to come in 2021– a new year with new hopes and dreams!

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I had fun using the December 2020 Sheetload of Cards sketch by Call Me Crafty Al. Her monthly sketches are available for download to her subscribers so go over to her channel (https://www.youtube.com/callmecraftyal) and subscribe for some creative fun. I completed the 300 cards I needed for this year’s annual donation to seniors so I decided to use this month’s sketch to begin making cards for next year. Yes, I work on these cards year round and using this sketch just makes getting them done fun and easy. Thank you Alicia for always making such wonderful sketches that are super easy to follow.

Thank you for supporting me and helping me grow as I continue my creative (and fun) journey. Thank you to all the other creators who continue to inspire and motivate me.

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